noun · feminine
makedonias
Strong’sG3109
Macedonia
stem makedoni-22 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Macedonia, a region of Greece 2, named as a place in several New Testament passages, sometimes paired with Achaia 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G3109 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmak-ed-on-ee'-ah
Macedonia, a region of Greece
Fromfrom G3110;
King JamesMacedonia.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Macedonia:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | makedonias1×Μακεδονία | makedoniais |
| object accusative | makedonian11×Μακεδονίαν | makedoniain |
| direct address vocative | makedoniar | makedoniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | makedoniau7×Μακεδονίας | makedoniaiu |
| to, for dative | makedonia3×Μακεδονίᾳ | makedoniai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
makedonia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
makedonias“Macedonia”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 15:26eudokala gar Makedonias kai Achaias koinōnian tinan poiera eis …For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make …
makedonian“Macedonia”objectaccusative singular11×
Acts 16:9… parakalarōntos auton kai legarōntos; Diabainarantos eis Makedonian boēthasar ni.… pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Acts 16:10… horamem horata, eutheōs zētana exerchara eis Makedonian, sumbibazarōntois hoti proskalotē nin tos theos …… we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us …
Acts 19:21… Paulos en te pneume diercharantos tan Makedonian kai Achaian poreuorō eis Hierosolumeim, legarantos …… to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been …
Acts 19:22apostelarantos de eis tan Makedonian duo toiu diakonarōntoiu auto, Timotheon kai …… his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time …
Acts 20:1… kai parakalarantos, aspazerantos exerchata poreuorō eis Makedonian.… goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
1 Corinthians 16:5Erchemi de pros vin hotan Makedonian dierchameia, Makedonian gar dierchomō,After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you …
1 Corinthians 16:5… de pros vin hotan Makedonian dierchameia, Makedonian gar dierchomō,… for I will be going through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 1:16kai dia vu dierchara eis Makedonian, kai palin apo Makedoniau erchara pros …… visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from …
2 Corinthians 2:13… mu, alla apotasserantos autoi exerchama eis Makedonian.… to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 7:5Kai gar ercharantoiu nu eis Makedonian oudenan echatē anesian tas sarkas nu, …For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but …
1 Timothy 1:3… sin prosmenara en Efesa, poreuorōntos eis Makedonian, hina parangelaseia tinoi mē heterodidaskalarō… urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus …
makedoniau“Macedonia”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
Acts 16:12… Filippoin, hotinas atō prōtas tau meridau Makedoniau polas, kolōnias. ane de en houta …… leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
Acts 18:5Hōs de katerchala apo tau Makedoniau tos tē Silos kai tos Timotheos, …… Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the …
Acts 20:3… Surian geneta gnōmau teu hupostrefarō dia Makedoniau.… he decided to go back through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 1:16… dierchara eis Makedonian, kai palin apo Makedoniau erchara pros vin kai hupo vu …… and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help …
2 Corinthians 8:1… tan dōorēntan en tai ekklēsai tau Makedoniau,… God has given the churches of Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 11:9… mu prosanaplērala tois adelfois ercharantois apo Makedoniau; kai en pante abaron miauton vi …… for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained …
Philippians 4:15… archa teu euangelieu, hote exerchama apo Makedoniau, oudenas mi ekklēsas koinōnata eis logon …… of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with …
makedonia“Macedonia”to, fordative singular3×
1 Thessalonians 1:7… tupon pantoi toi pisteuarōntoi en ta Makedonia kai en ta Achaia.… example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
1 Thessalonians 1:8… tou kuriou ouk monem en ta Makedonia kai Achaia, alla en panto topo …… Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in …
1 Thessalonians 4:10… toin adelfoin toin en hola ta Makedonia. parakalanō de vin, adelfoir, perisseuarō mallon,… love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to …